"COVID-19" articles

Parks Associates continued its 2021 virtual Connected Health Summit with a session on April 14, Leveraging the Smart Home for a Healthy Home , and Seniors and Caretakers: Serving A Massive Population at Home . Thomas Kamber, Founder and Executive Director, Older Adults Technology Services (OATS) , joined Parks Associates President, Elizabeth Parks, during the April 14 session, Seniors and Caretakers: Serving A Massive Population at Home , for an Executive Q&A, where he...

Parks Associates continued its 2021 virtual Connected Health Summit with a session on April 14, Leveraging the Smart Home for a Healthy Home , and Seniors and Caretakers: Serving A Massive Population at Home . Gene Wang, CEO, People Power, was introduced as the Visionary Insight speaker of Seniors and Caretakers: Serving A Massive Population at Home , where he discussed the potential technological innovations and opportunities available within the challenges of the aging...

Parks Associates continues its 2021 virtual Connected Health Summit this week with a session on April 14, Leveraging the Smart Home for a Healthy Home , and Seniors and Caretakers: Serving A Massive Population at Home . COVID-19 has radically changed healthcare, transitioning primary care away from the care facility and into the home.  Mark Francis, Chief Digital Health Integration Officer of Electronic Caregiver (ECG) , will join the interactive panel of Seniors and...

Parks Associates is hosting the next Future of Video: OTT, Pay TV, and Digital Media Conference on May 5 discussing Beyond the Theater and New Windowing Strategies. Event sponsors include: Everise, Deltatre, Brightcove, Bitmovin, and Metrological.  Prior to 2020, the traditional content windowing process for new theatrical releases had remained relatively the same for decades upon decades. Movie theaters were the primary channel for first-run movie titles and the...

Parks Associates will continue to host the Connected Health Summit virtual series on April 14 with sessions, Leveraging the Smart Home for a Healthy Home , and Seniors and Caretakers: Serving a Massive Population at Home.  Industry leaders will address how new consumer preferences will increase the value proposition of smart home and wellness tech among consumers, and the implications for product manufacturers, service providers, home builders, and MDU property managers, as...

Consumer energy bills have increased with the COVID-19 pandemic, forcing many consumers to work and educate at home. Twenty percent of US broadband households report COVID-19 has increased their interest in a smart home solution that manages their energy usage, cost, and comfort, and 15% report their interest has increased as a result of COVID-19. Join Parks Associates' first Smart Energy Summit session,  Impact of COVID-19: Consumer Behavior and Energy Management , on...

Smart home industry players recognize an opportunity to offer home energy and HVAC monitoring services built around smart thermostats, as well as added connectivity in HVAC systems. New services are also expanding beyond energy, including security and other home service offerings. Don't miss the Smart Energy Summit session Home Services: Rethinking Utility Revenue Models  on February 23 from 2:00 p.m. to 4:15 p.m. CT moderated by  Patrice Samuels , Senior Analyst, ...

Last week, Sundance Film Festival concluded its seven-day run, premiering new movies and other Festival experiences digitally and on satellite theater screens across the US, due to the continuing presence of COVID-19. In terms of major buyers at film festivals, streaming services like Hulu and Apple+ are still the new kids on the block. However, they are arriving with the most purchasing dollars, leading to record-breaking sales and proving the growing importance of OTT services in the...